Caroline Trettine At The Waiting Room, And More

After a long, slow bounce from north to south and back again (wonderful children's collaborative song writing session in the afternoon!), I was glad to see The Waiting Room waiting for its evening concert. Katy Carr was doing her soundcheck as I arrived, with Tamara the superstar sound engineer who can get a sound out of a carrot and make it beautiful. The idea of shouldering two guitars had beaten me and the nylon-strung guitar was multitasking. Alas, its internal amplifier failed and Tamara had to mike it up instead. Musicians always inadvertently look for signs of irritation when sound engineers are challenged by things like this but all was calm and smooth, not only for me but also for Caroline's motley crew of musicians (there was to be a line-up change halfway through).Soon we were all ready, and John Hegley kicked off the evening with a very apt song about two bus conductors who fell in love with each other. Men. Years ago, he came in to talk to the University of Westminster…